Hello Everyone! This lesson is a continuation of the previous week’s lesson
about expressing an event using ~when. Today, we will be talking about how
to express events in the past and events in the negative.
Past Positive
The past positive is very similar to the present positive we learned in the last lesson.
There is also a suffix we add to the verb, by instead of kota, we use hama.
When I went to school, (I) saw/found my friend.
Mama iskole giyahama, mage yaluwa hammba wuna.
මම ඉස්කෝලේ ගියහම, මගෙ යාලුවා හම්බ වුනා.
In order to make this structure, all you would need to do is take the past tense of
the verb and add hama to it.
When it rained (the rain came), I used an umbrella.
Vassa avahama, mama kuḍayak paavichchi kara.
වැස්ස ආවහම මම කුඩයක් පාවිච්චි කරා.
Present Negative
In order to form this structure, you just need to take the -nne form and
add nathikota to the end.
When I don’t go to school, (I) can’t see my friends.
Mama eskole yanne naethikota, mage yaluwa hammba venne nae.
මම ඉස්කෝලේ යන්නේ නැතිකොට, මාගේ යාලුවා හම්බ වෙන්නේ නෑ.
When I don’t eat, I am hungry.
Mama kanne naethikota, mata badagini.
මම කෑවේ නැතිකොට, මට බඩගිනිය්.
I hope these example sentences were useful! Like always, feel
free to leave any comments or questions in the comment section.
See you in two weeks for the next lesson!
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